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PERICLES BUST LEADER OF ATHENS
ITEM NUMBER: TEZG8
SIZE: 10.5" HIGH
FEATURED FINISH: BRONZE PATINAS
MEDIUM: BONDED STONE
SCULPTOR: ELEGANZA
SAFE FOR OUTDOOR USE?: F
SHIPPING AND HANDLING FEE: $12.95
TIME TO SHIP: MADE TO ORDER, SHIPS IN 2-3 WEEKS
PRICE: $ 148.00
This image of Pericles is a bronze bust with a simple but commanding look of knowing. The Periclean Age is synonymous with democracy and Pericles, the first citizen of Athens from 460 to 430 BC.When you think of Pericles of Athens you may think of the glorious golden age of Athens.Pericles leadership was largely responsible for the city\'s achievements during that era. Pericles stood for the glory of art, literature, and democracy.Democracy and Pericles of Athens -Athens quickly recovered after being devastated by the Persian wars. The city established a league of commerce throughout the Aegean and became wealthy. To make Athens worth of the glory that had come to glow over his city, Pericles ordered that all the old and war torn buildings of the Acropolis be torn down and new temples erected. Pericles encouraged all arts and made it possible for the poor to be surrounded by luxury. Marvels of sculpture and architecture came into bloom under his patronage as well as the dramas of Euripedes and Sophocles and the philosophical teachings of Socrates. Americas republic form of government, liberty and justice for all, sounds similar to a speech given by Pericles over 2400 years ago. \" Our constitution is called a democracy because power is in the hands not of a minority but of the whole people. When it is a question of settling private disputes, everyone is equal before the law; when it is a question of putting one person before another in position of public responsibility, what counts is not membership of a particular class, but the actual ability which the man possesses. "If you are a collector of Ancient Greek artifacts, this bronze finished bust of the image of Pericles of Athens is sculpted to give both the feeling or a fatherly figure and a leader for all citizens rights and would be an elegant bust for any liberty loving person.
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